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# Manhattan daily brief
- URL: https://www.citizenjournal.us/manhattan-daily-brief-167/
- Published: 2026-10-14T22:24:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-14T22:24:11.000Z
- Description: Manhattan, Kansas and US news for busy people - Oct 14, 2026 edition
- Author: Greg Loving
- Tags: Manhattan, #brief, #fullemail

# Manhattan

- Manhattan plans to spend $500,000 next year to build two satellite road salt storage domes after storm damage to its Denison facility. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/manhattan-city-commission-summary-29/)
- The Manhattan City Commission debated whether to purchase land or use city-owned property to build two new satellite salt domes. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/manhattan-city-commission-summary-29/)
- Manhattan public works officials reported winter snow removal costs taxpayers approximately $10,000 per inch of snow. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/manhattan-city-commission-summary-29/)
- Manhattan continues a cooperative road salt purchasing agreement that earns the city a 3% fee while supplying Fort Riley. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/manhattan-city-commission-summary-29/)
- The Manhattan City Commission discussed commuter frustration and agreed future street work must be better coordinated. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/manhattan-city-commission-summary-29/)
- Kansas State University President Richard Linton is expected to leave K-State in Manhattan to become the next president of Virginia Tech. [→](https://1350kman.com/2026/10/breaking-linton-to-leave-ksu-for-virginia-tech/?ref=citizenjournal.us)
- Downtown developers told the Manhattan City Commission that proposed lane closure fees could add hundreds of thousands to project costs. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/manhattan-city-commission-summary-29/)

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# 🌾 Kansas

- Kansas Democrat Adam Hamilton raised $10.6 million in the third quarter of 2026 for his U.S. Senate campaign and joint fundraising committees, far outpacing Republican Sen. Roger Marshall's roughly $1.38 million through June 30\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-287/)
- President Donald Trump will rally for Sen. Roger Marshall in Wichita on Oct. 19, the same day former Gov. Sam Brownback endorsed Marshall and criticized Democratic nominee Adam Hamilton. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-287/)
- The Bob and Pat Schmidt Foundation pledged Oct. 13 to match donations up to $1 million for Fort Hays State University's Save Sternberg campaign, aiming to keep the Sternberg Museum of Natural History from closing Dec. 18\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-287/)
- Overland Park police shortened retention of automated license plate reader data from one year to 30 days under a policy that took effect last week, drawing praise from the ACLU of Kansas. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-287/)
- Severe storms Oct. 13 flooded Wichita streets and knocked out power to more than 50,000 Evergy customers in the Kansas City metro, prompting flood watches into Oct. 14\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-287/)

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# 🇺🇸 US

- Brent crude reached $106.58 a barrel in early trading Wednesday as Houthi-Saudi fighting, including Tuesday’s attack on Aramco’s Dhahran headquarters, stoked supply and inflation fears, while a Russian diesel export ban after Ukrainian refinery strikes pushed up U.S. diesel prices. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-285/)
- Twelve bipartisan senators, including Mitch McConnell and Dick Durbin, urged President Trump on Tuesday to reverse his deal easing sanctions on Russian diesel exports, which he has defended as a way to boost world fuel supplies. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-285/)
- White House press secretary Katie Zacharia's first briefing Tuesday, lasting about 14 minutes, drew criticism from both liberal and conservative commentators over her brief remarks and limited reporter questions. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-285/)
- Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned as U.S. ambassador to Greece on Tuesday after the White House asked her to step down amid allegations she solicited money from a donor and granted improper lobbyist access. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-285/)
- Pope Leo XIV's lung surgery Tuesday revealed cancer, with doctors removing the lower lobe of his right lung and canceling all papal audiences through Oct. 20\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-285/)

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# Weather

![Weather](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/e6/f7e66a8b-8f27-493f-8b7e-664ecefd4c3d/content/images/2026/10/Tab2FileL-12.png)

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# OCTOBER 14, 1962: SOVIET MISSILES PHOTOGRAPHED IN CUBA

On October 14, 1962, a U.S. U-2 spy plane photographed Soviet medium-range missile sites being constructed in Cuba, just 90 miles off the American coast. The discovery triggered the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tense two-week standoff that brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war.

*This article was written using our proprietary AI system, Cronkite. The final decision to publish this article was made by a human. For more info, read our [AI policy](https://www.citizenjournal.us/ai-policy/).*